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A tribute to the ideals of Martin Luther King
January 17, 2011 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION
On November 2, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed legislation recognizing a new national holiday, Martin Luther King Day, which is celebrated on the third Monday in January. It has been almost two decades since then, and almost five decades since Dr. King invited the people of this nation to seek a higher moral ideal than the pe ...
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The "diversity" rationale
October 18, 2009 | By JOSHUA THOMPSON
Author: Joshua Thompson Over at The Volokh Conspiracy, Ilya Somin has an interesting post on the justificaiton(s) for race/ethnic preferences at public universities. He notes how there are two general theories that are held out to justify such preferences: (1) compensatory justice; and (2) promotion of diversity. He notes how th ...